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To: jcholewa who wrote (141262)	1/6/2002 10:18:52 PM
From: Bill Jackson	Respond to of 1585807

JC, See how this concept polarises people into groups, tribe versus tribe. thos that beelieve and are thus part of our trieb abd those that do not who are to be killed shunned etc. Killing was what they did, now shunning is very popular. Bill

To: jcholewa who wrote (141262)	1/7/2002 1:03:01 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1585807

My mother recently decided to regain the faith that she had lost for the last few decades. She is now a happier person, she has more friends, she has read up on some excellent philosophers (you know, Kant, Descartes, etc..) and is making up her own mind about her beliefs (the Christian-Catholic church in the US encourages this, a fact which you may find surprising). My mother reads more now. She spends time helping others in non-religious ways. She can assert herself and is less easy to bully around (which is a family problem -- I have that difficulty, and it'd be nice to not have that). Her beliefs may be wrong, and they may be right, but she is less uncomfortable with the idea of dying, so she can go about her life in some sort of normal fashion. Its interesting how people regain their faith as they get closer to death. I am sure its a natural and probably needed step.......but don't they wonder how they were able to give up that faith when they 20 and had their whole life ahead of them, and suddenly, now that they are closing in on death, they can believe again. Frankly, I rather gain my belief from the guy who allegedly talks to the dead on the scifi channel [if I going to believe]........and I am not saying that to be funny. ted